Glad you’re here! bknd is a lightweight, infrastructure agnostic and feature-rich backend that runs in any JavaScript environment.

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Preview

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Quickstart

Enter the following command to spin up an instance:

npx bknd run

To learn more about the CLI, check out the Using the CLI guide.

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Start with a Framework/Runtime

Start by using the integration guide for these popular frameworks/runtimes. There will be more in the future, so stay tuned!

Next.js

React Router

Astro

Node

Cloudflare

Bun

AWS Lambda

Vite

Docker

Yours missing?

Create a new issue to request a guide for your runtime or framework.

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Use your favorite SQL Database

The following databases are currently supported. Request a new integration if your favorite is missing.

LibSQL/SQLite

Turso

PostgreSQL

Cloudflare D1